In January I made a bet with a friend of mine that any Republican candidate for president will beat any Democrat, provided he gave me 2 to 1 odds. Since then, everyone has been assuming that the democrats would win because Bush looks so weak, but all along I have been thinking about what I [...]
Entries from September 2008
Don’t underestimate the redneck vote
September 28th, 2008 ·
Tags: Politics
Why we should let Lehman, Bear Sterns, Ford, and GM die
September 15th, 2008 ·
I’m as tired as anyone of the economy suffering one hit after another. The parade of bad news has turned into a constant drumbeat, and there is no end in sight to the fall of the economy. At the same time, I’m getting really tired of hearing bailout news for every big company that gets [...]
Tags: Rants
Advantage of open access publishing
September 11th, 2008 ·
I have been growing increasingly insistent that scientific publishing should move toward open access. This is caused in part because, as an employee of Google, I have very little access to commercially published literature, in spite of the fact that we drive most of their traffic. For example I have access to almost none of [...]
Tags: Inspirations · Research
Would Jesus laugh at this?
September 5th, 2008 ·
When my daughter first showed this to me, it really cracked me up. In this age of divisiveness over religion, we could use some more humor in the world. I’ve said before that some people take religion far too seriously, but I suspect that Jesus would laugh.
Tags: Amusements
Now that is a bike
September 2nd, 2008 ·
DAMN that is a big bike. Seen at Google (more information at www.unwheeldy.com
Tags: Amusements